Let kids choose subjects they love. They’re more likely to finish books they pick out themselves.

Set the example. Model good reading behaviors. Find time for your child to read at least 20 minutes every day. This encourages a lifelong love of reading and learning.

Lead them to reading. Talk about books. Continue to read aloud to children, regardless of their age.

K-1st grade

ABC, I Like Me by Nancy CarlsonBink and Gollie by Kate DiCamilloCha Cha Chimps by Julia DurangoDogku by Andrew ClementsDuck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom LichtenheldFrom Head to Toe by Eric CarleGrace for President by Kelly DiPucchioImogene’s Last Stand by Candace FlemingMemoirs of a Goldfish by Devin ScillianNever Smile at a Monkey: and 17 Other Important Things to Remember by Steve JenkinsLet’s Do Nothing! by Tony FucileNot a Box by Antoinette PortisOtis by Loren LongPanda Kindergarten by Joanne RyderShark vs. Train by Chris Barton

2nd-3rd grade

Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra JordanBaby Mouse by Jennifer Holm (series)Big Nate by Lincoln Pierce (series)The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors by Chris BartonDying to Meet You by Kate KliseFlight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFeversHenry’s Freedom Box by Ellen LevineIvy and Bean by Annie Barrows (series)Just Grace by Charise Mercile Harper (series)Knights of the Lunch Table by Frank Cammuso (series)Lunch Lady by Jarrett Krosoczka (series)Marty McGuire by Kate MessnerMoonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian FlocaNic Bishop Frogs by Nic BishopTesting the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson by Sharon RobinsonThe World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney

4th-5th grade

Alvin Ho by Lenore Look (series)Around the World: Three Remarkable Journeys by Matt PhelanBad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux NelsonThe BFG by Roald DahlBreaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugen YelchinCountdown by Deborah WilesA Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda UrbanDodger and Me by Jordan SonnenblickEmmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynee JonellGregor the Overlander by Suzanne CollinsHeart of a Shepherd by Rosanne ParryHoudini Box by Brian SelznickInside Out and Back Again by Thanhha LaiJimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary GolioKnucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories about Growing Up Scieszka by Jon ScieszkaNo Talking by Andrew ClementsOut of My Mind by Sharon DraperPassage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story by Ken MochizukiSecret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor DavisSeedfolks by Paul FleischmanSmile by Raina TelgemeierThe Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis

6th-8th grade

After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline WoodsonAll the Broken Pieces by Ann BurgThe Breadwinner by Deborah EllisClaudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip HooseElephant Talk: The Surprising Science of Elephant Communication by Ann DownerThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline KellyExtra Credit by Andrew ClementsThe Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick CochraneLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldMarching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary by Elizabeth PartridgeNation by Terry PratchettPeak by Roland SmithPowerless by Matthew CodyThe Rock and the River by Kekla MagoonRules by Cynthia LordShip Breaker by Paolo BacigalupiSir Charlie Chaplin: Funniest Man in the World by Sid FleischmanThe Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle